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vivid ether Jul 7, 2024, 4:43 AM

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It is impossible to use brotli from origin since cloudflared make HTTP 1.1 requests to local services via unsecure connections. It changes Accept-Encoding to gzip only.

quartz shore Jul 7, 2024, 5:06 AM

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Cloudflared can make HTTP/2 connections over HTTPS if the tunnel is configured that way. Though haven't tried that to see if Brotli works

vivid ether Jul 7, 2024, 6:36 AM

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quartz shore Cloudflared can make HTTP/2 connections over HTTPS if the tunnel is configured t...

Yes. It is true. But using encryption for localhost requests is an overkill as I see. it.

quartz shore Jul 7, 2024, 6:41 AM

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vivid ether Yes. It is true. But using encryption for localhost requests is an overkill as I...

True but brotli is only supported over HTTPS

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See https://groups.google.com/g/brotli/c/fN6M9A8aRnM/m/WDzmSYhDAQAJ

vivid ether Jul 7, 2024, 9:22 AM

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quartz shore See https://groups.google.com/g/brotli/c/fN6M9A8aRnM/m/WDzmSYhDAQAJ

Yes, I know. Maybe it i a good idea to implement brotli inside cloudflared.

quartz shore Jul 7, 2024, 2:49 PM

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vivid ether Yes, I know. Maybe it i a good idea to implement brotli inside cloudflared.

What do you mean inside cloudflared? Why would cloudflared go against the spec of brotli?

vivid ether Jul 7, 2024, 4:49 PM

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quartz shore What do you mean inside cloudflared? Why would cloudflared go against the spec o...

I mean after receiving data from local service compress it with brotli befor sending back to CF DC and the to the client.

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